I love all Terry Pratchet especially discworld, my last 2 out of 3 drama productions have been from the discworld series, we've done "Guards! Guards!" and this year we did "Men at arms", they were awesome, I was the librarian and brother dunikun in "Guards! Guards!" that was SOOOOO AWSOME!!!! and I was main character in "Men at arms" (Carrot) That was fun...I have to say the politician has to be my favorite, oh him and Nobby...Good ole' Nobby...What a champ...

Vimes could be an American (Carrot is the British Bobby, Vimes the American Fed).
Pratchett writes that he imagined Vimes as looking similar to Pete Postlethwaite (spelling?) though most people he has talked to thought of Clint Eastwood.
Christopher Lee could voice Death (as in the animated version). If he were a wee bit younger he could also play the Patrician (according to Night Watch he is only about 50, just a few years older than Vimes).
That disqualifies Peter O'Toole too. Maggie Smith would be perfect as Granny Weatherwax, I think (unfortunately playing no part in GG).

Yes Sean Connery would have been perfect in years gone by...
The age of the actor doesn't matter for the Patrician, television can make him any age! But you could still portray him as a 70 year old anyway...

fueledbycoffee wrote:America has a long and hallowed tradition of irrational tax evasion and belligerence. We are the national equivalent of the Nac Mac Feegle. And we're the leaders of the free world. Damn, now I've scared myself shitless.

Sigourney Weaver could be Lady Ramkin (if a bit of overweight could be added digitally).

If they do Maskerade, I have some ideas about the casting of Christine On the other hand Paris Hilton may not qualify anymore (I hear [purely metaphorically] that she has at least a trace of singing talent).